I’ve been trying to wrap my head around it for a while now, and yeah, you are the conscious being that hears your thoughts, but how “deep” does that conscience go?
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An angle to look at this is through the lens of Depression.
You have a friend, Mike. You see him as the lovable guy, always cracking jokes and willing to help, aspiring to be successful, and fluent in talents you couldn’t imagine attempting.
What you don’t see is Mike at every hour of every day thinking he’s a worthless piece of shit, not understanding why people want him around, living in darkness because he can’t find the will to get out of it, and thinking anything he does is absolute trash because it isn’t godly and perfect.
So who is Mike, really? The little voice telling him to jump, or the culmination of (positive) opinions formed of the world around him? I believe it’s the latter.
It’s along the same line of do you judge a person on their words or actions?
(Note: being hyperbolic for the sake of example)
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